Smart Finder

We would like to display all Vendors that Start With: S or RIC(for example).

There does not seem to be an option for "starts with". Is this possible?

Hi Samuel:
I know what you mean and think it would be a good addition to the SmartFinder especially since, in theory, it would be a faster search than "Contains".

However, you have another option. The "Find" button will allow search by Code, Name and Phone number. The "Name" option works starting with the leading characters. The "Find" button is available on the Vendor list screen and on transaction entry screens (invoice, payment, adjustment).

Using Find with S..... or RIC... Down Aroww will get you what you want

Michael, there is no "Find with" in F6 - Smart Finder.

The client is using Vendor #'s that are not related to the Vendor Name.
The Vendor # may be 30003, but the name may be Rich Inc.

Hi Samuel,

Michael's comment was to not use the smartfinder. Just use the 'Find' button -either in batch entry or on the Edit Customer screen - type the first few characters such as S or RIC into the vendor name field, and press F5 or the down arrow key. The name finder grid will be sorted by name and positioned at the first vendor that has those characters at the beginning. This is much faster than a smart finder search anyhow.

If you wanted to search for vendor codes that start with a particular character, you can do either what Michael indicated, or enable the 'auto-fill' option in the Company Profile to insert periods after the character you type into the vendor field (after pressing F5 or down arrow). This will position the F5 finder in the vendor code to the first code that starts with the character(s) and also faster than smart finder.

Use "Find" (F5) and put "RIC" in the name field and press down arrow. Instant lookup and Adagio will automatically place the cursor in the Name field the next time F5 is pressed.

Andrew, you (and Bruce, Michael & the Tech Team) are all correct - the Find button does all this.
But we were initially using F5 and F6, not Find.

I have to get the users to use ALT-F as well as F5/F6. (I guess that we cannot get a one-button-does-all for searching. We have to alternate between one of three methods for finding records.)

Andrew:
I think Sam's original suggestion still makes sense. Not all fields are indexed and available on the "Find" button. For instance, if looking for all Customers in the city of Vancouver, a search using "Starts with" = "VAN" would get only Vancouver and not Estevan. Probably not the best example because there are other better ways to get that result. But adding "Starts with" would be a better tool in some cases to produce a shorter and possibly faster result list.

Hi Bruce,

Adding both "Starts with..." and "Ends with.." to the SmartFinder possible operations is on our suggested improvements list.

BTW - You could user Filters to show the customers too.

Sam: Of course, this would not be such a problem if your client's customer codes began RIC... rather than 9050.